Starman

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The Starman has taken flight, 

Broken the bonds of earth

Set sail toward Heaven’s height

And the stars look very different today¹

Our imagination’s a bit lonelier

Now our shining Starman has gone away

There’s a Starman waiting in the sky²

Each psychedelic tear’s a rainbow

Falling now from our lonely mind’s eye 

Tell my *world I love her very much **earth knows¹

The Starman painted with his inspiration

Ever ‘pon us his kaleidoscopic vision bestows

Dancing dreams of what more may be

The stars are never far away³

And the Starman will always fly free

Through the kingdom of the ghost⁴

Leaving words with something to say

Starman’s shredding with a ghostly host

We’re not ready to let go, we say
Let him sail back *to-us tonight⁴

But, Major Tom led him home today

¹ Space Oddity 1969

² Starman 1972

          *original: “wife”
        **orginal: “she”

³ Stars (are out tonight) 2013

⁴ Dancing Out In Space 2013
          *original: “home”

by D. Denise Dianaty 

© 11 January 2016

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